Sunday, September 20 - Opening Lecture

Duane W. Greene(University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
The development and use of plant bioregulators in tree fruit production

Monday, 21 September – Biological Aspects of Plant Bioregulators

Angelo Ramina (University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
Hormonal cross talk between fruit  and seed throughout development and ripening in peach

Catherine Rameau, S. Fermas, J.P. Pillot, L. Dun, C. Beveridge (INRA, Versailles, France)
Strigolactone effect in shoot branching

Don C. Elfving (Washington State University, Wenatchee, USA)
Plant bioregulators in the fruit-tree nursery

Moshe A. Flaishman (ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel)
Deciduous fruit trees in a warming world: flowering, fruit set and development

Tuesday, 22 September – Fruit Tree developmental Process

Esmaeil Fallahi (University of Idaho,Parma, USA) and Duane Greene (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)The impact of blossom and post-bloom thinners on fruit set and fruit quality in apples and stone fruits

Wednesday, 23 September – Fruit Tree developmental Process

Susan Lurie (ARO-Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel)
Plant growth regulators for improving postharvest fruit quality

Daniel Valero  (University Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain)
The role of polyamines on fruit ripening and quality during storage: what is new

Wednesday, 23 September – Technical Environmental and Social Aspects of Plant Bioregulators

Johan Pienaar , Greg Venburg (Valent BioSciences, USA)
New Plant Growth Regulator tools to optimize quality and production in horticulture,

Wilhelm Rademacher (BASF Agricultural Center, Limburgerhof, Germany)
Dealing with plant bioregulators: An industrial view

Satoru Kondo (Chiba University, Japan)
Roles of jasmonates in fruit ripening and environmental stress